“Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.” – Dalai Lama

“Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.” – Dale Carnegie

“People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.” – Dale Carnegie

“Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no help at all.” – Dale Carnegie

“A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.” – David Brinkley

“The reason most people never reach their goals is that they don’t define them, or ever seriously consider them as believable or achievable. Winners can tell you where they are going, what they plan to do along the way, and who will be sharing the adventure with them.” – Denis Watiley

“I don’t want to get to the end of my life and find that I lived just the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well.” – Diane Ackerman

“Thinking should become your capital asset, no matter whatever ups and downs you come across in your life.” – Dr. APJ Kalam

“Perfection is boring. Getting better is where all the fun is.” – Dragos Roua

“We become what we think about most of the time, and that’s the strangest secret.” – Earl Nightingale

“There are two ways of spreading light. To be the candle, or the mirror that reflects it.” – Edith Wharton

“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

“The first step toward success is taken when you refuse to be a captive of the environment in which you first find yourself.” – Mark Caine

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do, so throw off the bowlines, sail away from safe harbor, catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore, Dream, Discover.” – Mark Twain

“Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear – not absense of fear.” – Mark Twain

“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.” – Mark Twain

“I find that when you have a real interest in life and a curious life, that sleep is not the most important thing.” – Martha Stewart

“You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.” – Martin Luther King Jr

“Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is a quiet voice at the end of the day saying, ‘I will try again tomorrow.” – Mary Anne Radmacher

“The only person you should try to be better than, is the person you were yesterday.” – Matty Mullens

“Nothing will work unless you do.” – Maya Angelou

“Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.” – Maya Angelou

“There is no agony like bearing an untold story inside of you.” – Maya Angelou

“I’ve missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.” – Michael Jordan

“You must expect great things of yourself before you can do them.” – Michael Jordan

“Obstacles don’t have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up.” – Michael Jordan

“One way to keep momentum going is to have constantly greater goals.” – Michael Korda

“There will be obstacles. There will be doubters. There will be mistakes. But with hard work, there are no limits.” – Michael Phelps

“You can’t put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the further you get.” – Michael Phelps

“To be successful you must accept all challenges that come your way. You can’t just accept the ones you like.” – Mike Gafka

“The purpose of learning is growth, and our minds, unlike our bodies, can continue growing as long as we live.” – Mortimer Adler

“I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the water to create many ripples.” – Mother Teresa

“It isn’t the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it’s the pebble in your shoe.” – Muhammad Ali

“The starting point of all achievement is desire.” – Napolean Hill

“Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.” – Napoleon Hill

“The number one reason people fail in life is because they listen to their friends, family, and neighbors.” – Napoleon Hill

“Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.” – Norman Vincent Peale

“If you look at what you have in life, you’ll always have more. If you look at what you don’t have in life, you’ll never have enough.” – Oprah Winfrey

“Do what you have to do until you can do what you want to do.” – Oprah Winfrey

“More powerful than the will to win is the courage to begin.” – Orrin Woodward

“Find a victory in every defeat to remain hopeful, and find a defeat in every victory to remain humble.” – Orrin Woodward

“What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise.” – Oscar Wilde

“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people just exist.” – Oscar Wilde

“Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.” – Pablo Picasso

“Learn the rules like a pro so you can break them like an artist.” – Pablo Picasso

“There are only two options regarding commitment. You’re either in or you’re out. There is no such thing as life in-between.” – Pat Riley

“Where there is a will, there is a way. If there is a chance in a million that you can do something, anything, to keep what you want from ending, do it. Pry the door open or, if need be, wedge your foot in that door and keep it open.” – Pauline Kael

“When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.” – Paulo Coelho

“The more difficult the victory, the greater the happiness in winning.” – Pele

“You may only succeed if you desire succeeding; you may only fail if you do not mind failing.” – Philippos

“What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.” – Plutarch

“Just when the caterpillar thought the world was ending, he turned into a butterfly.” – Proverb

“We aim above the mark to hit the mark.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Don’t be pushed by your problems; be led by your dreams.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

“There are two types of people who will tell you that you cannot make a difference in this world: those who are afraid to try and those who are afraid you will succeed.” – Ray Goforth

“Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day-in and day-out.” – Robert Collier

“You don’t drown by falling in water; you drown by staying there.” – Robert Collier

“Don’t let the fear of losing be greater than the excitement of winning.” – Robert Kiyosaki

“Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.” – Robert Louis Stevenson

“Better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing flawlessly.” – Robert Schuller

“Don’t live the same year 75 times and call it a life.” – Robin Sharma

“We can’t help everyone, but everyone can help someone.” – Ronald Reagan

“Do it with passion, or not at all.” – Rosa Nouchette Carey

“I have learned over the years that when one’s mind is made up, this diminishes fear.” – Rosa Parks

“Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.” – Sam Levenson

“If you’re offered a seat on a rocket ship, don’t ask what seat! Just get on.” – Sheryl Sandberg

“I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.” – Stephen Covey

“Work gives you meaning and purpose, and life is empty without it.” – Stephen Hawking

“Motivation is a fire from within. If someone else tries to light that fire under you, chances are it will burn very briefly.” – Stephen R Covey

“The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” – Steve Jobs

“You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something – your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.” – Steve Jobs

“Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life – think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success.” – Swami Vivekananda

“If you want to make a permanent change, stop focusing on the size of your problems and start focusing on the size of you!” – T. Harv Eker

“Real difficulties can be overcome; it is only the imaginary ones that are unconquerable.” – Theodore N. Vail

“Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.” – Theodore Roosevelt

“Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” – Theodore Roosevelt

“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” – Thomas Edison

“Zeal without knowledge is fire without light.” – Thomas Huxley

“If you want to achieve excellence, you can get there today. As of this second, quit doing less-than-excellent work.” – Thomas J. Watson

“I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.” – Thomas Jefferson

“If you want something you’ve never had, you must be willing to do something you’ve never done.” – Thomas Jefferson

“The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person’s determination.” – Tommy Lasorda

“People who succeed have momentum. The more they succeed, the more they want to succeed, and the more they find a way to succeed. Similarly, when someone is failing, the tendency is to get on a downward spiral that can even become a self-fulfilling prophecy.” – Tony Robbins

“The individual who says it is not possible should get out of the way of those doing it.” – Tricia Cunningham

“Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.” – Truman Capote

“The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.” – Vidal Sassoon

“Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.” – Vince Lombardi

“A man can be as great as he wants to be. If you believe in yourself and have the courage, the determination, the dedication, the competitive drive and if you are willing to sacrifice the little things in life and pay the price for the things that are worthwhile, it can be done.” – Vince Lombardi

“The quality of a person’s life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.” – Vince Lombardi

“I would rather die of passion than of boredom.” – Vincent van Gogh

“Fortune sides with him who dares.” – Virgil

“Aim for the moon. If you miss, you may hit a star.” – W. Clement Stone

“If you can dream it, you can do it.” – Walt Disney

“All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them.” – Walt Disney

“You must not let anyone define your limits because of where you come from. Your only limit is your soul.” – Walt Disney